Over the last 30 years, a quiet revolution has been taking place. Among black teenagers, the rate of church attendance has been steadily rising since the mid 1990’s while white teenage church attendance has been very flat. Almost one out of two black teenagers is attending church regularly whle slightly less than one out of […]
Why did I vote for Obama?
A person wrote in and asked a very honest question about why I voted for President-elect Obama. His concern was about voting for someone who supports abortion. The person who wrote me is pro-life in the widest of ways, since he is also against the death penalty in general. He gently asked me about my […]
America remains socially moderate
I voted for Obama. It is instructive to see how people voted on social issues. At this time of the morning, gay marriage has been turned down in several states and looks to actually be turned down in California by a slim majority. Gay adoption has been turned down in one state. All anti-abortion related […]
I have a dream
St. Luke and the Prophet Joel
Every so often the liturgical calendar has a happy confluence. This weekend is such a one. Earlier today I concelebrated Orthros and Divine Liturgy for St. Luke the Evangelist. Tomorrow is the day of the Prophet Joel. And, the two are intimately linked. You see, the Prophet Joel prophesized the coming of the Holy Spirit. […]
Hellenists and Converts, oh my, part 03
There was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead; when she was good, she was very, very good, and when she was bad she was horrid. — Mother Goose The Orthodox Church in the United States is somewhat like that apocryphal little girl of Mother Goose fame. […]
Hellenists and Converts, oh my, part 02
Two men behaving badly have clearly exposed some of the arguments going on within the Orthodox Church in the USA, as I mentioned in part 01 of this post. At the same time, both of them have shown, almost crudely, the bad thinking and misunderstandings going on behind the arguments. So, let’s look at them […]
Hellenists and Converts, oh my, part 01
I have seldom seen the Bible come to life as much as I have in the last month as I have read two articles, one by a priest and one by a layman, that exemplify the great disputes going on within Orthodoxy in the USA. The first article, “The Orthodox Church of Tomorrow†was published […]
Do we love the “other”?
“When we fixate on the racist individual, we’re focused on the least interesting way that race works,†said Phillip Goff, a social psychologist at U.C.L.A. who focuses his research on “racism without racists.†“Most of the way race functions is without the need for racial animus.†That quote comes from the NYT and can be […]
Christians behaving goodly
Today the New York Times has a story on the Roman Catholic school system in France providing sanctuary to Muslim students. You can read it here. The schools are still overtly Roman Catholic, with crucifixes in every room. But, they also allow respect the Islam of the students, and, as the article points out, they […]
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